Whether Simon deserved it for poking the wasps nest is beside the point.
I canceled all myswag suites to go see movies, and Im glad I did.
And I heard it wasnt much about the 70s.But theres such a story there!
And then I saw areally cute film a couple nights ago calledThe Deal, written by WilliamH.
I thought it was really funny, and I love William H. Macy.
Meg Ryanand LL Cool J are great in it, too.
How long have you been here?Four or five days?
The official reason Im here is cause Imsinging.
Wait, you sing?Uh.
Im starting to get into that a little bit.
Icant be a drummer forever.
I love that rumor.
You know, hes one half of Brangelina.
Hes a busy man.
Hes gotta save New Orleans.Id much rather him be there than at my show.
Whats your foundation?Its just called the Josh Groban Foundation.
We want you to have a foundation.
So my mom and I havejust kind of been doing it.
Weve raised $2 million so far.
Werefurbished an orphanage in Durban, South Africa.
[Laughs]
But theyre a specific breed.
Theyve got my back for sure when itcomes to that stuff.
It certainly isnt on orders from me.
Theyre very passionateabout the music.
Maybe its the fact that it was kind of a slow climb from thebeginning.
This wasnt something that people wanted to pay much attention to,so my fans were very much grassroots.
And slowly but surely, weve made our mark.
And I wishI could kind of tell them, Im okay now.
I can take care of myself.
I dontmind a little jab now and then.
So theyre gonna write you.
Youre not going to geta letter from me, though.
[Laughs]
Noeldid end up selling more records than anything onthe planet last year.
Did you see that coming?
Its just Christmas carols.Not at all.
It was a surprise.
It became a perfect storm.
Iwas thinking,Really?Because Ididnt expect ANYONE to sell those numbers anymore, least of all me.
What are your Grammy plans?
And youre gonna be in town regardless?Yeah.
Maybe they wont make you sing opera this time.
[Laughs] They might.
For the hipsters whoarent as familiar with your music, can you point to where they can hear thoseinfluences?
You go to a Bjork concertbecause you like Bjork, not because youre an electronica fan.
Radiohead did the same thing with rock and roll.
They dismantledthe genre and made it their own.
That said, I kind of like to dip into electronic music.
Okay, last thing.
And by the third person, we were like, this is ridiculous.Seriously, yeah.
So my question is, How do I get that song out of my head?
[Laughs] I dont know!
If I could tell you that, canyou tell me how to get Youre Beautiful out of my head?
Thats the thingabout a hit song.
I will never be able to get away without singing that song onstage.
Its just a damn near perfect song as far as its universal appeal.
And again, it wasa surprise for us.
And Im always flattered.
You get the negative letters, Iget the ones from people saying, I got engaged to that song.
[Laughs,possibly at Simons expense]
And thats why Josh Grobans life is better than mine.No!
